Local Self-Government and the Rule of Law in Ukraine: the Folke Bernadotte Academy Project
07 october 2021
The project “Local Self-Government and the Rule of Law in Ukraine” has started in 2014 and continues up to now. It is being conducted by the Folke Bernadotte Academy and financed by the Swedish Agency on International Development (SIDA).
The Project is aimed at implementing and further support of rule of law principles in local self-government in Ukraine. It consists out of several research components.
Research and Analytical Materials Preparation
Experts of the Center have participated in specific research regarding the specifics of rule of law application in local self-government bodies’ activities in Ukraine. This research has mainly resulted in special methodology handbook “Rule of Law in Public Administration Bodies’ Activities” preparation. It is aimed at municipal officials, other public bodies’ officials, academicians and practitioners, as well as in the preparation of another methodology handbook “Rule of Law in Public Administration and Local Self-Government: European Standards”. The Center has also conducted a separate research which resulted in the report “Rule of Law and Occupied Territories of Donbas and Crimea” preparation. The authors have outlined general propositions regarding the improvement of the legislation on protecting rights and liberties of internally displaced persons and Ukrainian citizens residing on territories temporarily out of Ukrainian control, as well as the practice of its implementation by local self-government and state bodies, focusing specifically on providing public (administrative) services.
Developing and Implementation of Special Training Programs for Public Officials
- “Rule of Law in Self-Government Bodies’ Activities in Ukraine” aimed at general improvement of participants’ rule of law professional comprehension.
- “Following Rule of Law Principles in Administrative Services Provision” covers the specifics of rule of law application in six practical spheres of local self-government bodies’ activities.
- “Rule of Law and Legal Drafting in Local Self-Government” aimed at improving participants’ knowledge and professional understanding of local legal drafting through the prism of the rule of law principles and development of skills of its effective application for the protection of human rights and democracy on the institutional level of local self-government.
- “Rule of Law as Conflict Prevention Mechanism” aimed at supporting local self-government officials understand the specifics of normative regulation of local self-government bodies’ activities in military conflict conditions based on international standards.
- “Disarmament, Demobilization, Reintegration (DDR) for Public Bodies in Ukraine” covering major international standards and instruments of overcoming the results of military conflicts through the mechanisms of disarmament, demobilization, reintegration.
Generally, the experts of the Center have conducted more than 30 special trainings to test and implement the programs described above.
